Conversation: Its Faults and Its Graces Part 13

333. From _here to there_, should be, From _this place to that_.

334. _n.o.body else_ but him, should be, _n.o.body_ but him.

335. The balloon _ascended up_, should be, The balloon _ascended_.

336. _This_ two days, should be, _These_ two days.

337. Do you _mean_ to come? should be, Do you _intend_ to come?

338. Each of them _are_, should be, Each of them _is_. _Each_ means one _and_ the other of two.

339. _Either_ of the _three_, should be, _Any one_ of the three.

_Either_ means one _or_ the other of two.

340. _Neither_ one _or_ the other, should be, Neither one _nor_ the other. _Neither_ (not either) means not the one _nor_ the other of two.

341. Better _nor_ that, should be, Better _than_ that.

342. _Bad grammar_, should be, Bad or ungrammatical _English_.

343. As soon as _ever_, should be, As soon as.

344. You will _some_ day be sorry, should be, You will _one_ day be sorry.

345. From _now_, should be, From _this time_.

346. Therefore, I _thought_ it proper to write you, should be, Therefore, I _think_ it proper to write _to_ you.

347. _There's_ thirty, should be, There _are_ thirty.

348. _Subject matter_, should be, The subject.

349. A _summer's_ morning, should be, A _summer_ morning.

350. My clothes _have got_ too small, or too short, for me, should be, I have become too stout or too tall for my clothes.

351. A _most perfect_ poem, should be, A _perfect_ poem. Perfect, supreme, complete, brief, full, empty, true, false, do not admit of comparison.

352. Avoid using unmeaning or vulgar phrases in speaking, as, You don't say so? Don't you know? Don't you see? You know; You see; So, you see, &c.

353. Is Mr. Smith _in_? should be, Is Mr. Smith _within_?

354. The _other one_, should be, The other.

355. _Another one_, should be, Another.

356. I _left_ this morning. Name the place left.

357. Over head _and ears_, should be, Over _head_.

358. I may _perhaps_, or _probably_, should be, I may.

359. Whether he will or _no_, should be, Whether he will or _not_.

360. _Says_ I, should be, _Said_ I, or, I _said_.

361. He spoke _contemptibly_ of him, should be, He spoke _contemptuously_ of him.

362. _Was_ you? should be, _Were_ you?

363. I am _oftener_ well than ill, should be, I am _more frequently_ well than ill.

364. For _good and all_, should be, For _ever_.

365. It is _above_ a month since, should be, It is _more_ then a month since.

366. He is a _superior_ man, should be, He is _superior to most_ men.

367. He _need_ not do it, should be, He _needs_ not do it.

368. Go _over_ the bridge, should be, Go _across_ the bridge.

369. I was some distance from home, should be, I was _at_ some distance from home.

370. He _belongs_ to the _Mechanics'_ Inst.i.tution, should be, He is a _member_ of the _Mechanics'_ Inst.i.tution.

371. For _such another_ book, should be, For _another such_ book.

372. They _mutually_ loved _each other_, should be, They loved _each other_.

373. I _ay'nt_, should be, I _am not_.

374. I am _up to you_, should be, I _understand_ you.

375. Bread has _rose_, should be, Bread has _risen_.

376. He was in _eminent_ danger, should be, He was in _imminent_ danger.

377. Take hold _on_, should be, Take hold _of_.

378. Vegetables were _plenty_, should be, Vegetables were _plentiful_.

379. Avoid all slang and vulgar words and phrases, as, _Any how_, _Bating_, _Bran new_, _To blow up_, _Bother_, _Cut_, _Currying favor_, _Fork out_, _Half an eye_, _I am up to you_, _Kick up_, _Leastwise_, _Nowheres_, _Pell-mell_, _Sc.r.a.pe_, _The Scratch_, _Rum_, _Topsy-turvey_, _Walk into_, _Whatsomever_.

"Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar."--SHAKESPEARE.